Dan O'Dowd

Veteran baseball executive John Hart reversed course and opted to accept a three-year deal to become president of baseball operations with the Atlanta Braves.

The 66-year-old Hart, who has been acting as interim general manager, said earlier this month he preferred to remain with the team as its top adviser rather than committing to a job with such significant time demands.

Hart was the first choice of Atlanta president John Schuerholz and Bobby Cox, the Braves' former manager now serving in a top adviser role, who first tried to persuade Hart to take the job after the firing of Frank Wren Sept. 22.

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